Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
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  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • master.bd@ub.edu

 

"Abortion as a moral good"

The Lancet

My medical students first hear from a family physician who describes himself as pro-life. He’s Christian, and his faith is “a large part of the reason” he refuses to perform abortions. “Christ says things like do to others what you want them to do  to  you,  or  love  your  neighbour  as  yourself,  and  when  I’m in the room with a pregnant patient I think I have two neighbours  in  there”,  he  tells  the  second  years.  Then  they  hear from an obstetrician who specialises in abortion care. She  too  is  a  Christian,  and  some  students  look  surprised  when  she  says  her  religious  beliefs  are  one  reason  she  sought  fellowship  training  in  abortion.  “